INSPIRAL CARPETS || GREATEST HITS TOUR

Name: INSPIRAL CARPETS || GREATEST HITS TOUR
Start: 2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-03-27T23:00:00+00:00
Location: hmv Empire Coventry

Schedule

Thu Mar 27 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

hmv Empire Coventry | Coventry, EN

INSPIRAL CARPETS – GREATEST HITS SHOW!
Inspiral Carpets + support TBA, Thursday 27th March 2025.
Presented by FAB Promotions. Tickets on sale Friday 1st Nov via Eventim UK, ticket link here: https://bit.ly/hmvEmpireInspiralCarpets2025
Inspiral Carpets are delighted to announce their first live show of 2025. This show will be “a celebration of the music we created, which has brought so much joy to people over the last 34 years,” the band say.
A vital component of the infamous ‘Madchester’ movement, Inspiral Carpets formed in Oldham in 1980. Known for hit singles such as ‘This Is How It Feels’, ‘Saturn 5’ and ‘She Comes in the Fall’, they remain much-loved not only in Manchester but across the UK.
In the late eighties, the Inspiral Carpets were a key part of the crucial three Manchester bands that changed the musical landscape in the UK. Along with the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays, they were the cornerstones in a new indie psychedelia that played out in many different ways. Madchester reshaped the cultural, sartorial and sonic landscape of Brit indie and would then be reinvented as Britpop - the mid nineties scene dominated by Oasis, the band formed by their roadie - a young Noel Gallagher whose on the road education from the Inspirals was crucial to him.
The new line up played 50 plus sold out shows and key festival slots with one of the high points being Albert Hall in Manchester where Craig’s son Levon Gill drummed on Commercial Rain during the encore. They also headlined Shiiine Festival for the second time in 2023 to celebrate the just released The Complete Singles double vinyl album. 2024 saw more headline shows and a huge sold out tour with fellow travellers the Happy Mondays and Stereo MCS which included 3 sell out shows at the legendary Glasgow Barrowlands. They also played the wonderfully named Devils Arse Cave in Castleton as well as Bedford, Lytham and Beautiful Days Festivals.
Now back as a serious full time band, next year sees even bigger shows and the great news that the band’s bassist Martyn Walsh is back in the fold. ’It’s great to have Martyn back, I’ve missed him: he’s charmingly funny’ smiles Graham before Clint adds, ‘It’s great that Martyn’s getting back on board, and I’m convinced the next part of our story will be monumental’
With their much loved back catalogue and new songs ready to go, 2025 will see the Inspiral carpets in rude health as their guitarist explains, ‘We are looking at another year of Greatest Hits shows but with new material on the way. The last two years has reminded me what our songs mean to people and we love playing those songs and can’t wait to play our new songs as well.’
14+ show (U18s accompanied with an adult).